Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION
Chapter 7 - MEDICAL USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Section 180-7-024 - TRAINING FOR AN AUTHORIZED NUCLEAR PHARMACIST
Universal Citation: 180 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 7 ยง 024
Current through September 17, 2024
The licensee must require the authorized nuclear pharmacist to be a pharmacist who:
(A) Is certified by a specialty board whose certification process has been recognized by an Agreement State or the NRC. The names of the board certifications that have been recognized by an Agreement State or the NRC are posted on the NRC Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit website. To have its certification process recognized, a specialty board must require all candidates for certification to:
(i) Have graduated from a pharmacy program
accredited by the Accrediation Council on Pharmaceutical Education, previously
named the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, or have passed the
Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee examination;
(ii) Hold a current, active license to
practice pharmacy;
(iii) Provide
evidence of having acquired at least 4,000 hours of training or experience, or
both in nuclear pharmacy practice. Academic training may be substituted for no
more than 2,000 hours of the required training and experience; and
(iv) Pass an examination in nuclear pharmacy
administered by diplomates of the specialty board, which assesses knowledge and
competency in procurement, compounding, quality assurance, dispensing,
distribution, health and safety, radiation safety, provision of information and
consultation, monitoring patient outcomes, research and development;
or
(B) Has completed all of the following requirements:
(i) 700 hours
in a structured educational program consisting of both:
(1) 200 hours of classroom and laboratory
training in the following areas:
(a)
Radiation physics and instrumentation;
(b) Radiation protection;
(c) Mathematics pertaining to the use and
measurement of radioactivity;
(d)
Chemistry of radioactive material for medical use; and
(e) Radiation biology;
and
(2) Supervised
practical experience in nuclear pharmacy involving:
(a) Shipping, receiving, and performing
related radiation surveys;
(b)
Using and performing checks for proper operation of instruments used to
determine the activity of dosages, survey meters, and, if appropriate,
instruments used to measure alpha- or beta-emitting radionuclides;
(c) Calculating, assaying, and safely
preparing dosages for patients or human research subjects;
(d) Using administrative controls to avoid
misadministrations in the administration of radioactive material; and
(e) Using procedures to prevent or minimize
radioactive contamination and using proper decontamination procedures;
and
(ii) Has
obtained written attestation, signed by a preceptor authorized nuclear
pharmacist, that the individual has satisfactorily completed the requirements
of 180 NAC 7-024(B) and is able to independently fulfill the radiation
safety-related duties as an authorized nuclear pharmacist.
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